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The study of core skills needed for IT professionals that emphasizes technical, managerial, and communication competencies can be described as basically an attempt to probe the perceptions held by senior Information Systems students in Mumbai, Maharashtra about various skill sets that are required in the modern IT industry through a survey conducted. The research methodology is designed as a Likert-scale survey capturing the views of students about key technical skills along with expectations toward job benefits and career progression. Application of statistical methods like univariate analysis and t-tests helps to interpret the outcomes, which shows a good level of agreement that continuous training, critical thinking, and technical tools efficiency are valued. Conclusion/Study Findings: The study resulted in findings of the emergent need for both technical skills and managerial as seen in the changing world of IT. The study hence points out the communication skills as a backbone of technical competence and would be an enormous essence of every professional IT employee in the future.